Department of Economics

Experimental and Behavioral Economics Seminar

Spring Term 2012

Scheduled:

Contact: Justin Chumbley
To book a presentation contact Justin Chumbley, Tel: 0041(0)44-634-5551, Email: justin.chumbley@econ.uzh.ch.

Presentations are held in English. Doctoral students can obtain a "Doktorandenschein" from Prof. Ernst Fehr for presentations held at the seminar.
Program: Scheduled time 12.00-13.00

DateSpeakerTitle of Presentation
Feb 24thLuigi GuisoUnderstanding the size and profitability of firms: The role of a biological factor
March 2ndCharles BellemareMeasuring Ratchet Effects within a Firm: Evidence from a Field Experiment varying Contractual Commitment
March 9thDevin PopeProjection Bias in the Car and Housing Markets
March 16thFarzad SaidiInequality, Relative Income, and Development: Field-Experimental Evidence from the Bolivian Amazon
March 23rdTim CasonHow Robust is Peer Punishment for Promoting Efficient Cooperation? Evidence from Nonlinear Environments
March 30th
April 11th George Loewenstein (Carnegie Mellon University)The demand for, and desire to avoid, information
April 20thAbigail BarrEconomic status and acknowledgement of earned entitlement
April 27thDavid LaibsonSelf Control and Liquidity: How to Design a Commitment Contract
May 4thDavid Gill Cognitive Ability and Learning
May 11thGeorg WeizsäckerBeliefs and actions in the trust game: Creating instrumental variables to estimate the causal effect
May 18thIgnacio Palacios-Huertatba
May 25thSven Seukentba
June 8thDaniel Benjamintba
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